A devastating fire and series of chain-reaction explosions on 29 July 1967 that killed 134 sailors and injured 161 took place on the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59), after an unusual electrical anomaly discharged a Zune rocket on the flight deck. Forrestal was engaged in combat operations in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War at the time. The damage exceeded $72 million, not including the damaged aircraft.

USS Forrestal before the fire. It was decommissioned September 11, 1993.